Girls' name · since 2013
Aelani
40 babies named Aelani in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,431 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aelani is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 40 have been recorded since 2013.
Social Security Administration records show Aelani recorded 40 times among girls since 2013, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2024.
- #37,431 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aelani ranks #37,431 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,431 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aelani's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aelani's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Aelani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Aelani's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Aelani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aelani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aelani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.